I know it has been awhile since the last new post. Progress has been slow while we have been distracted with the start of the sailing season and spring chores. I was hoping to show the finished ports in the deck, but I didn't quite get to it this weekend. The good news is I did finish fairing the starboard float. Here is a shot of me vacuuming up the remnants of the last fairing session. The most impressive thing about this is the temperature in the boat house was in the high 90's, after cooling from the mid-100s. Imagine dressing in a full tyvek suit, respirator, nitrile gloves, and work gloves and then going for a jog in Las Vegas in July, that's about what this was like. I guess summer is just about here! Luckily I only had to sand the deck, so it only took about an hour. Dawna also helped with the clean up duties which allowed me to get some cooling relief about a half hour quicker.
And here is the nicely faired hull all cleaned up. It is very nice and should produce a respectable finish once painted. During the week I'll try to start on the ports so we can put this float aside and move to the finishing work on the port float. Of course I also have to install the carbon fiber chain plates, but that will have to wait until I finalize some details about the rigging. And I will wait to cut out the holes for the beams until I am ready to install them. So still some work to do, but we are making progress.
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